A Bird Blog with Kate St. John

If you weren’t able to join the Wissahickon Nature Club on their walk at Jennings Prairie last Tuesday, here’s one flower you missed.

Dense Blazing Star (Liatris spicata) is a tall spike of fuzzy-looking purple blossoms so pretty that it’s become a popular garden flower. Unlike most plants this one starts blooming at the top first, then works its way down, attracting butterflies as it goes.